Forest biomass monitoring with GNSS-R: Theoretical simulations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1823-1832

  Ferrazzoli, P ^a   Guerriero, L ^a   Pierdicca, N ^b   Rahmoune, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bistatic scattering; Electromagnetic models; Soil moisture; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; FORESTRY; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE SCATTERING; VEGETATION;

BISTATIC MEASUREMENTS; BISTATIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SPECULAR SCATTERING; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 78650908460     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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